The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-28 00:00:00

Bai lquet t'. her Majesty's Ministers, Last t Ivenin• g the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a nimg%uous entertainment at the Mansion house to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston and her Mtljt sty's Ministers. The entertainment, which usually 1 :nk es place at an earlier period of the year, had been postponed in consequence of an accident which p rev ented the Lord Mayor from presiding at the baste I board. The complement, however, though somewht it, late in the season, was not shorn either of its am e# owed grandeur or gracefulness. The dinner d 13played all the resources of civic hospita lity, and. the reception of the Premier and his col leagues j gas not only most cordial, but enthusiastic. The e ntertainment took place in the Egyptian hall, which was decorated with equal gaiety and elegance. On the buffet behind the chair and on all the tables there was a magnificent display of plAte. A profusion of flowers arranged on plateaus an:3 in golden vases, with luscious fruits in silver epergnes and baskets, gave freshness, beauty, and sf,ractiveneris to the scene. Viscour.t Palmerston, accompanied by Lady Palmerston, arrived at 7 o'clock. Dinner was served at half-past 7. The following is a list of the guests, who num- bored 250—Viscount and Lady Palmerston, his Grace the Duke of Somerset and the Lady Helen 6-wendolin St. Maur, his Excellency the Nether. lands Minister and the Baroness Be nti nck , Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon, the Earl G ranv ill e, his Excenency the Swedish and Norwegian Minis ter and the Countess Wachtmeister, Earl Russell and the Lady Georgiana Russell, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs Cardwell, the Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, Lord Stratheden and Campbell, lord Houghton, Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence and Lady Clarence Paget, Viscount Castlerosse, M.P. ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas F. Fre. oantle, the Right Hon. William and Mrs Hutt, the ight Hon. Frederick and Mrs Peel, the Right i{ )n. Robert and Mrs Lowe, Hon. Henry and Mrs Bea nd, Hon. Locke King, M.P., Hon. Arthur Kin nair d, M.P., Hon. Colonel Luke White, M,P., Hon. George Waldegrave Leslie and the Countess of Rothes, Hon. James K. Howard, Sir Wm. Dunbar, MP., :Sir Frederick Carrie, Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay, R..N., M.P., Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Lieutenant-General Sir Richard and Lady Airey, Sir Roderick Murchison, K.C.8., and Rev. Dr. Livingstone, the Attorney-General and Lady Laura Palmer, the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Solicitor-General and Lady Collier, Sir Charles and Lady Young, Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton, Admiral Collier, NIA or- Gen. and Mrs Tremenheere, Colonel Mark Wood, Colonel Jameson, the Gover- nor of the Bank of England and Mrs Hodgson, he Chairman of the East India Company, the poputy-Governor of the Bank and Mrs Holland, th. 9 Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company, Mr W. Angerstein, M.P., Mr Thos. Alcock, M.P., Mr C. S. Butler, M.P., and Mrs Butler, Mr S. Bux ton, M.P., and Mrs Buxton, Mr John Briscoe, M.P., Mr 11.. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr W. Cox, M.P., and Mrs C3Z, Mr Hugh Childers, M.P., and Mrs Child‘ irs, Mr J. C. Ewart, M.P., Col. French, M.P., Mr Charles Forster, M.P., Mr G. S. Goschen, ALP., and Mrs Goschen, Mr Charles Gilpin, and Mrs Gilpin, Mr S. Gurney, M.P., Mr S. Gregson, M.P., Mr Thomson Hankey, and M.rs Hankey, Mr A. W, Kinglake, M.P., Mr K. W. Ketinßrd, M.P., and Mrs Kennard, Mr J. H. Lewis, 'M.P., and Mra Lewis, Mr A. H. Layard, M.P., Mr W. S. Lindsay, M.P., Mr W. Lee, M.P., Mr Geo. Moffatt, M.P., Mr Norris, M.P., and Mrs Norris, Mr W. F. Russell, M.P., and Mrs Russell, Mr W. 'rite, M.P., and Mrs Me, Mr W. Williams, M.P., Mr James White, M.P„ Colonel and Miss 'Wilson; Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P., and L, tdy Duke, Alderman Sir John Musgrove, Mr Alderman Sydney, M,P., and Mrs Sydney, Mr Ai- i derman - .Ennis, Mr Alde'rman and Mrs Carter, Mr ALlerman and Mrs Hale, Mr Alderman Phillips and Mrs Vi Barnet, Mr Alderman J. C. Lawrence, Mr Alderman and Mrs Dakin, Mr Alderman and Mrs Waterlow, Mr Alderman and Mrs Lusk, Mr Aldo trman and Mrs Stone, Mr Sheriff and Mrs Cave, Mrs - Under Sheriff and Mrs Nicholson, Mr Under Sheriff and Mrs Gammon, the City Remembrancer, the 4 :Taairman of the several Corporation Commit tees, Mr and Mrs Alfred Lawrence, Mr Edwin and Miss Emma Lawrence, the Rev. the Chaplin and Mrs Sparrow Simpson, Mr Leo Schuster, Mr and Mrs J. F. Pawson, Mr J. D. Alicroft, Mr Harwood Hazwooci, Mr and Mrs S Morley, Mr and Mrs John Lubbock, Mr Nevill Lubbock, Mr Alfred do Roth- child, Mr John Hilton, F.R.C.S., Mr M. Sampson, e,nd Mr. Hartley, Mr. R. N. Phillips, F.S.A., Mr W. S. Saunders, M.D., Mr and Mrs W. H. Ashurst, Alderman Wilson of Brighton, Capt. Shea and Miss Thomas, &c. The dinner was provided by Messrs. Ring and Brytner, Cornhill. Grace was said by the chaplain. The band of the Coldstream Guards, with Mr. A. F. Godfrey as bandmaster, played favourite airs during dinner. The vocalists in attendance were Madame Weiss, Mr. Weiss, and Miss Poole, under the direction of Mr. J. L. Hatton. After dinner, Grace—" Fur these and all Thy mercies given," from the " Laudi Spirituali" of 1545—was chanted with admirable effect. Mr. Harker gave the " loving cup" with his usual éclat. The LORD MAYOR, in giving the first toast, said —My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, whenever and wherever Englishmen are assembled upon any festive occasion, the first sentiment in their mind is loyalty, to their Sovereign, and attachment to that glorious constitution under which this country has attained an amount of freedom and pros. ?gray previously unknown to any nation of the world. We may indeed be thankful that we live under the sway of a monarch who lives in the hearts and affections of all her people. (Cheers.) The National Anthem was then sung. The LORD Ma - eoR next gave " The health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family." He said the country had looked forward with hope and expectation to the career of the Prince of Wales, and its anticipations had not been disappointed. They had viewed with extreme gratification the manner in' which his Royal Highness had endeared himself to all classes of the community by his frank, hearty English manner, and they were delighted to see how well he had followed the noble example set by his late illustrious parent in lending the influence o f his great name and giving his power and assistance not only in promoting art and science, but every institution established for alleviating true suffering and misery. (Cneers.) Everyone must have been delighted to observe the grace, ability, and success which he evinced on all the occasions in which he bad appeared in public. The country looked with de• light on the royal lady whom he had chosen as his bride, and he was sure they all wished long life and happiness to the royal couple. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours, fol by " Maggie's Secret," sung charmingly by Miss Peale. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast, said—ln order that we may preserve peace it is ne. cessary that we should be prepared for war. The army and navy have ever done their duty, and we may feel every confidence that they will do so whenever they may be again called upon. The army, never was in a state of greater:efficiency than at the present moment. The navy was in a transition state, but whatever the metal of which the ships were composed, and what ever the calibre of their guns, England would al ways rely " those who manned her fleets to uphold the honour of the country and maintain her shores i n t a ct; from invasion. We are not essentially a mi li'zi.lry peck-de. IV° had not accumulated a large mes , o f men in our armies by which wo might e dfenceless Or f i t t li ek the - oppress our weak r. cigh or e eree to repress any bonre, unpleasantness at home. B a t o ar army was large enough to perform to it, and at all events the duty assigned quired on any emergency to maintain the honour and defence of the country. Cou p l ed with the n av y and the army he begged to propose the v o l unteers, a force which had placed this count r y in a p rou d position with regard to other [countries. (Hear, hear.) He be gge d to couple with the navy th e health of the Bake of Somerset, and with the army and volunteers the name of Earl de Grey and Ripon (Cheers.) The Duke of SOMERSET, in returning thanks, said—My Lord Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gen. tlemen, I rise to thank you on behalf of her Ma• jesty's navy for the tribute of respect which you have paid the officers and men who compose it, and dispersed as that navy is through every part of the world in the performance of serious duties, they naturally look homewards for the recognition of their services, and for the approbation of their coun trymen. You have spoken, my Lord Mayor, of the state of transition in which the navy is, and un doubtedly, at the present time, we are in a state of transition both as regards our ships and our arena• ments ; but, as far as the Admiralty is concerned, we are:in this peculiar position. You must all per• ceive that when guns are fired at ships one result must happen, either the gun must get the best of it or the ship must have the best of it. That is the position of affairs. But the public is so eager for , both sides, that when the ship fails they bay that. the ship is :not strong enough, and, on the other hand when the gun fails they say that the gun was not strong enough. One or the other must, in every case, fail, so on every oc casion there is an opportunity of blaming the Admiralty. (A laugh.) Either guiii or ship is to blame, but whichever fails you are sure to see in the paper next morning that the Admiralty are to blame, for that neither the ship nor the gun has been made strong enough. (Cheers, and a laugh.) Well, my Lord Mayor, here there are many naval officers who can speak far better than I am able to do of the position of the navy ; but there is one point on which I think I can speak better than any naval officer present, and that is as to the popularity of the navy in this country, because I am constantly receiving letters from amiable mothers and anxious fathers bidding me to put their sons into the navy. They tell me, many of them, that from their very infancy the child has had a taste for the navy. (A laugh.) Sometimes they say that when he goes to school and reads " Robinson Crusoe," or, even more absurd still, when he is set to learn the Greek gram mar, he at once discovers his taste for the navy. (Laughter.) We have lately seen from the report of the Commissioners on Education how important is considered the study of Greek—that W 3 ought to see that our sons, by all means, are taught Greek grammar written in Latin —they learning but little Latin and no Greek. (Laughter.) No wonder that in these circumstances the pupil soon learns that such is not in his turn of mind, and wants to come into the navy. (Cheers.) Depend on it that we shall always have in our navy the nicest, spirited young fellows that ever were, and that they will form a powerful navy hereafter, if you but stick to the system of education which I believe is so popular in the country. I beg, my Lord Mayor, again to thank you on behalf of the Navy. (Cheers.) Earl DE GREY and RIFON—I beg to thank you on behalf of the Army and Volunteers for the honour you have done them in drinking this toast. Although I feel that I am in many respects ill-fitted to return thanks for the army, especially in the presence of many officers of that service, and, above all, of my gallant friend Sir Richard Airey, it is the duty of all connected with the army on all occasions to obey orders, and although I am not entitled to speak as a member of that noble profession, connected as I am with the administra tion of the army I may perhaps be able to speak freely of the zeal which animates every member of that service, and their entire devotion to the service of their Queen and country. When we allude to the services of the army on occasions like this we are apt to have only in our minds those services they have rendered on so many memorable occasions in the great wars of this country which have helped to make the history of England so glorious ; but I think we ought not to forget those services which they are rendering every day when, as your lordship truly says, they are scattered over every quarter of the globe. The armies of other countries serve within the limits of their own country in time of peace, and among their own people ; it is on rare occasions that they are called upon to go forth into foreign lands:; but by far the largest part of our army, on the contrary, spend the greatest part of their time in the colonies and distant possessions of the country. It has been the object of successive Governments to have at home one-third of the British infantry, so that exchanges may be made on the principle of spending 10 years abroad and five at home, but we have not been able to accomplish that. We do find, however, that on all occasions the officers and men are ready to give the service all that may be demanded of them cheer. fully and zealously. (Cheers.) With respect to the volunteers I entirely concur in the remarks you have made. The force has not been made in rivalry to the army. It has been raised to supplement and aid the small force we are able to maintain at home. I am happy to say it has attained a very high de gree of efficiency, considering the conditions under which it eervee,and if ever the contingency arrives, which I hope it may not, when its services will be required, that force will not be unworthy to take its place by the side of the time honoured army of England. (Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR—At these meetings we am de lighted to welcome any diplomatic representative of the different countries of Europe. On the pre sent occasion I have the gratification of seeing among us the Swedish and Norwegian Minister. I beg to propose his health, and to assure him that we feel it to be the interest of this country to be on the best terms with all countries, and I may say espe cially with those in the north of Europe. (Cheers.) His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister acknowledged the compliment. The LORD MAYOR said—l have now the pleasure of pro posing to you "The health of her Majesty's Ministers." (Loud cheers.) It is one of the pleasures connected with the mayoralty that it affords the chief magistrate of the city of London an opportunity of inviting the Ministers of State, who usually honour him with their company at a banquet at the Egyptian Hall, when the most eminent of the citizens of London meet to do them honour. (Hear.) It is not often we have the opportunity of seeing them at the end of the parliamentary campaign, when their work is nearly completed, and they aro ready to take that rest and recreation which is so necessary for them. (Cheers.) I am quite sure we are all delighted to see them here to-day in such excellent health, after the labours of the session. This hall is not the place for me to enter into the details of their policy or the acts of their Government ; but I am quite sure no body of men were ever in a prouder position than that which they occupy—chosen by the favour of the Crown and supported by the votes of the people, and using, as they have always done, their best abilities and exertions for pro moting to the utmost the enterprise and prosperity of the country. I congratulate them that at theclose of the session this country has the prospect of an abundant harvest, the country is at peace, and there is every prospect of prosperity continuing until at least next session of Parliament. It is not necessary that we should at present look farther. The country always feels great pleasure in seeing the Ministers of State exerting themselves to extend the enterprise and commercial prosperity of the country; and when it comes within their power to reduce taxation, I think her Majesty's Ministers may fairly some before this assembly and before the country and say they have done the utmost they could — I am sure the country will feel they have done all they could —for the benefit not of one, but of every class and interest in the community. I have great pleasure in proposing the health of her Majesty's Ministers on this occasion, and it is parti cularly gratifying to see the excellent health of the veteran chief Lord Palmerston. (Cheers.) I was about to call him the hero of a hundred fights, but he has fought a thousand fights—he has been fighting' all his life; but with this happy result, that he has made friends of foes, and now he finds no foes anywhere. (Cheers.) I am sure I express not only the feelings of; this assembly, but even of those who arc not supporters of the Government, when I say that we all feel delight and pleasure in seeing the excellent health and spirits of the noble Premier, and I beg to propose 6i The Health of ller Majesty's Ministers;' coupling with the toast the name of Viscount Palmerston. The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm. Vi scoun t PALMERSTON, who was received with loud chee rs, said—My lord mayor, ladies, and gen tl emen, f or myse lf an d my colleagues I beg to return you our most cor dial thanks—to you, my lord Mayor, for the very kind manner in which you have proposed the toast of our health, and to this assembled company for the manner in which they have been pleased to receive it. (Cheers.) We are con scious that if we have experienced upon this occasion an expression of goodwill and approval it must be from the con viction which, I trust, is impressed on the minds of all who hear me that to the best of our ability we have done our duty, (Cheers.) No set of men can do more—no set of men ought to do less. (Cheers.) You have been pleased, my lord mayor, to remark that, in spite of the fatigues of a rather long session, we are here at your festive board not much the worse for the labours we have gone through. (Cheers and a laugh.) Bat this, at least, I will say, that you have exhibited a kind foresight and regard for wearied - statesmen, and you have waited until the end of a session when we might have expected to be exhausted in strength, to be wearied in our minds, to be enfeebled in our con stitutions, and have summoned us to a feast which would repair the labours we had undergone, which should fit us to rush into,the country to enjoy the pleasures and partake in the active exertions which a country life may entail. (Cheers and a laugh.) I can assure you, my lord mayor, that her Majesty's Ministers are always delighted to assem ble at the festive board of the chief magistrate of the City of London, not simply from social, but also from most im portant political considerations. (Cheers.) For in a country like this, the strength of which depends upon the union of all classes, it is a great advantage that opportunities should be given by which those who are charged with the conduct of affairs should have the means of making acquaintances and contracting friendships with those who are actively engaged in the commercial pursuits upon which the strength and wealth and the prosperity of the country so much de pend, It is satisfactory, no doubt, to all to know, as your lordship has observed, that the prosperity of this country is great, so that the Government and Parliament may congra tulate themselves in having contributed to that most fortu nate result. (Cheers.) It was said of a French statesman of a former period that, having consulted the leading mercan tile men of his country how he could best help them, he was told, " let us alone," Well, we have not left the mer cantile classes alone, but, instead of meddling officiously and injudiciously with laws to promote their welfare by direct interference with their concerns, we on the contrary have not left them alone because we have been employed se dulously and successfully in striking off those shackles and fetters with which the less wise policy of former periods had encumbered and hampered them. (Chee:s.) My Lord Mayor, you have drank " The Army and Navy," but peace has its victories as well as war. (Cheers.) There are other countries which, in these times and in former periods, have sent forth their legions armed for the purpose of aggression to overthrow institutions, to conquer natione,to subdue rival communities, and to inflict misery and desolation wherever their footsteps trod. We have achieved triumphs, we have made aggressions ; but we make them of a different kind. The capital and the skill of Englishmen are spread over the whole surface of the globe ; wherever skill and capital can contribute to the happiness of nations, there you will find Englishmen conquering not men, but the difficulties of na ture, overthrowing not human institutions, but those ob stacles nature has opposed to the intercourse of men, contri bating to the wealth, happiness, and prosperity of the nations by whom they are employed, and in whose territories their operations are carried on. (Cheers,) Well, my Lord Mayor, that is a proud and satisfactory reflection for Englishmen to make, and I may be permitted to say that the commercial I community of England is mainly the cause of those tri umphs. It is by the successful industry and commerce of the merchants of England that that wealth is accumulated and that influence created by which those triumphs over the difficulties of nature for the benefit and happiness of mankind have been achieved and are now in progress among the rations. (Cheers) I beg on behalf of myself and col leagues again to thank you most sincerely for the manner in which you have drank our healthy. (Laid Cheers.) The LORD MA.YOR—I have now to offer for your accept ance the toast of the House of Lords. That is one of the institutions of this country. (Cheers,) The House of Lords is recruited from the various professions, and is always re ceiving into it fresh blood. I believe the country feels that that house is a necessity; the country feels that to be an institution of which they may be justly proud, and there is nothing equal to it in any other nation. I couple with the toast the health of Earl Russell. (Cheers.) We have looked on the noble earl for many years as being connected with another house, in which he long maintained a distinguished part, which earned for him the gratitude of the country. (Cheers.) I am sure the country was delighted at his elevation to the Upper House, to which he has contributed no mean share of talent and experience, The name of Earl Russell, I am sure, will always be remembered with esteem and respect in this country, and it gives me very great pleasure, in proposing the toast of the House of Lords, to couple it with his name. (Loud cheers.) Earl RUSSELL—My Lord Mayor, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—l deem it no slight distinction to have my name associated with the House of Lords, by the chief magistrate of the city of London, with which I have long had the honour of being connected. I quite concur in what your Lordship has said, that the House of Lords being constantly recruited from all that is most distin guished in law, in letters, and in arts, is different from the aristocracies of other countries and is linked more intimately with the people. Beyond this, it must also be said that the habits and tastes of the House of Lords differ greatly from those of the aristocracies in other countries. If other aris tocracies have set themselves against the people, and have perished in consequence of that opposition, it has been because confined to the capitals of those countries, and look ing to nothing beyond the improvement of those capitals, they have had no sympathy with the general feelings and pursuits of the people. (Cheers.) But in this country, on the other hand, wherever you go you find the aristocracy enjoying the same sports, adreinistering the same rake of justice, rejoicing in the same joys, and sympathizing with the same afflictions with the other classes of the community. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, it may appear to some as if your lordship had paid me compliment which was hardly appropriate, when I remember that the House of Lords have not shown that degree of confidence which I thought I had some right to expect in the management of the foreign affairs of the country. (Cheers and a leash.) lam happy, however, to think that this alarm of the House of Lords, which, fact, was confined to those Lords who were in dis tant parts of the country—(a laugh)—has been very much exaggerated. (Hear, hear.) lam happy to think that you my Lord Mayor, agree with me that never did this country stand in a prouder position, never was its influence greater with all foreign countries than at the present moment. [The Morning Post says :—" This gratifying announce meat failed to elicit any demonstrations of applause. In some parts of the hall there were heard expressions of Oh, oh,' and the noble earl closed his address without a single cheer from the company."] [The Morning Herald says the noble earl resumed his seat with scarcely a solitary cheer from any part of the assembly, which in truth had listened and gazea with a puzzled look, as if not exactly comprehending the full force and meaning of the noble earl's utterances, and now gave vent to their surprise as light seemed to break in upon their minds by a buzz of conversation.] The LORD MAYOR—I have now to propose for your ac. ceptance "The Health of the House of Commons." That house, I may say, represents not only the views and feel ings of almost every class of the community, but even their prejudices. There is no grievance which may not there find its utterance. In fact, it is the safety-valve of the Coneti-• tution ; it enables those who feel themselves aggrieved to make their complaints known. The House of Commons ex ercise not only great influence in this country, but on the affairs ofotheecountries. N o debate on foreign politics can take place which is not looked to with intense interest, not only here, but in other countries, and it thus exercises a most salutary influence on civilisation and the world. We may, I think, congratulate the members of the House of Com mons here present on the manner in which the house has maintained the honour and the interests of the country, and we know full well if the House of Commons is nut in har mony with the feelings of the country, the pressure from without so well understood in former times is able again to make itself felt. The House of Commons is an institution of which this country may be proud. Other countries have attempted in vain to copy it or to establish anything like it what, the same freedom of speech and of discussion may be had, It gives me great pleasure on the'present occasion to see assembled round this table so many able and influential members of that house, and I am happy to couple with the toast the name of a gentleman who has long occupied an eminent position in that house, and who had long been con nected with the management of state affairs in this country —I mean Sir G. Grey, (Loud cheers.) Sir O. GREY—My Lord Mayor, I beg for myself, and on behalf of the other members of the House of Commons pre sent on this occasion, to return you our sincere thanks for the toast you have just drunk, and with which you have done use the honour to connect my name. I believe, how ever, on the present occasion I shall best consult the wishes of those I have the honour to address if I use a phrase per fectly familiar to those of us who for some time past have been sitting up until 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, and say that at this late period of the session and at this late hour I will detain you only for a moment or two. (Laughter.) I believe, my Lord Mayor, that you truly express the public opinion of the country when you say that the House of Commons fairly represents that opinion, and I will say thus farther, that, notwithstanding all our political differences and party conflicts, I believe the House of Commons as a body fully recognises under all circumstances the para mount obligation of postponing every other consideration to the maintenance of the honour and interests of the country, which owes its greatness, intelligence, and prosperity mainly to the free institutions which it is our privilege to possess, and to thi constitutional Government under which it is our happiness to live. (Cheers.) ViscountPlaMEßSTON, in rising to propose the next toast, was loudly cheered. He said—Gentlemen and ladies, I beg wi►h your permission to propose a toast which I am sure you will receive with the greatest possible pleasure, I mean " The Health of the Lord Mayor." (Cheers.) Tho municipal institutions of this happy country are among the most valuable parts of our organisation, and they create and carry into execution that principle of local self-government which is the life and action of every nation. (Cheers.) But of all our municipal bodies that of the city of London may without contradiction be said to bo the most distinguished and the most ancient. It is a great honour to any man to be selected by his fellow-countrymen to hold any office of power and influence over them such as that of Lord Mayor. Those who wear the civic crown in municipal institutions in the quality of mayor must be men who have entitled themeolves to the respect, goodwill, and confidence of their fellow-citizens. (Cheers,) I am sure the Lord Mayor has well earned the dignity conferred upon him, and that you will all be pleased to do him the honour of drinking his health, (Cheers ) The LORD MAYOR returned thanks in an effective speech, and proposed " The City Magistracy," which was responded to by Colonel Wilson. The nest toast was •' The Sh,riffs," which Sheriff Cave acknowledged, " The Health of the Lady Mayoress" was prop)sed by the Duke of Somerset, and drunk with much applause, after which the company separated. , I A Young Girl Burnt to Death, One of the most frightful accidents which we have had to record for some time occurred last Tuesday night, or rather on Wednesday morning, in Church gate-street, in this town (Bury St. Edmunds). A girl named Elizabeth Clarry, about 16 or 17 years of age, lived as servant with Mr Southgate, hair dresser, in the street already mentioned. Mrs Southgate, who was suffering from ill health, went a short time ago to the seaside, and the girl was left to do the household work and take care of a little girl about five years of age. The young woman unfortunately appears to have been rather careless as regards fire, and she was frequently cautioned by her master to be careful, about patting out candles and the like. On Tuesday she told Mr Southgate that she wanted some candles, and he told her not to mind purchasing them that day, when she replied " The mistress is coming home, and what shall we do if we have no candles ?" At half-past 10 o'clock that night Mr Southgate retired to rest, and he states that directly he got into bed ho fell asleep. About half-past 12 in the morning he was awoke by a noise, and perceived a smell of fire. He was nearly over powered with smoke, and, it appears, completely lost his self-possession, for instead of ascertaining where the fire was, or what was the cause of it, he unlocked the front door, rushed out of the house and across to the Queen's Head, and told Mr Gallant, the landlord, that his hour was on fire. Mr Cutting, brother-in-law of Mr. Gallant, who was on a visit at the Queen's Head, saw Mr. Southgate running in the house, in his night shirt, crying out "Fire !" Mr. Cutting asked him where the fire was, and he replied that it was in his house. Mr. Cutting immediately rushed into the passage, and was proceeding upstairs when he was forced back by the smoke. He went outside again, and again returned and tried to force his way upstairs. He had succeeded in getting about two steps up, when he saw the servant girl coming down the stairs all in flames—" a moving pillar of fire." She knocked the man down in the passage and rushed out of the house, and across the road to wards the Queen's Head. Mr. Gallant said that he could not tell who she was, or what she was— she seemed blazing like a log of wood—and he cried out, horror struok, " Good God I who are you ?'' She only screamed, and attempted to pass him in order I to get into his house, and he, not from inhu manity, but dreading the consequences if she was suffered to go into his house in such a state, turned her into the middle of the road. He tried to thrown her down, and for that purpose seized her by the arms, but when he touched them the skin peeled off. She made back towards Mr Southgate's house, but was prevented from entering by Mr Gal. lent, who was afraid that she would set the whole place on fire, Mr Cutting took off his coat and wrapped it round the shrieking girl, and, assisted by Mr Gallant, he succeeded in forcing her upon the ground, where she lay till some water was brought and thrown over her, and the fire was com pletely extinguished. The poor thing was nearly naked, the remnants of her clothing being reduced to tinder, with the exception of her boots and stock ings and a portion of her stays. Her only cry was, " Oh dear," and she spoke of Mr Southgate's child, which slept in the same room with her. Mr Cutting asked her about the child, but she gave him no intelligible answer—she only kept scream ing. He then, with a bravery that cannot be too highly commended, made his way into Mr. Southgate's house, and upstairs into the room where the accident occurred. He found the dressing-table and the bed in which the girl usually slept burning, and, crawling through the room on his hands and knees, between the table and the bed, in a corner of the room, he found a little girl lying in a crib and crying piteously. Mr. Cutting took the child out of the crib, put her under his arm, and crawled back to the door again. In the meantime the poor girl Clarry had been taken into the tap-room of the Queen's Head. Mr. Cutting's wife cut the remain ing portion of the sufferer's stays off, and it was found that she was fearfully burnt, especially about the lower part of the body. Such simple remedies as suggested themselves to the minds of those pre sent were applied. Mr. Kilner was sent for by Mr. Gallant, and with his assistant was quickly on the spot. Upon his arrival he found the girl wrapped in a blanket, with no clothes on, and literally scorched from head to foot. He immediately had her conveyed to the hos pital—in which establishment her mother is era• ployed as a nurse—but a few hours after _bar v.! mis sion death terminated her sufferings. It would seem from what has been stated by the child, that the girl was sitting at the foot of the bed with the candle and candlestick on her knees, and some stockings in her hand, which he was either mending or about to mend. Suddenly the candle fell out of the candlestick upon her dress, and in a moment she was in flames, An inquest was held on Wednesday evening last at the hospital, and a verdict of accidental death returned. —Bury and Norwich Post. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1864. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, July 27, The July adjourned sessions for criminal business were continued to-day at Clerkenwell, before Mr W. H. Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge. Mr J. Payne, Mr H. H. Harwood, Dr Jervis, Mr Loveland, and Sir James Tyler, justices. Ellen Jones, 27, and Mary Lewis, 29, were charged with stealing :Os. from the person of Mrs Eliza Bull, of 28, Duke-street, Manchester-square. _ Mr Kemp prosecuted; Mr Sergeant Tindal Atkinson and Mr Pater wero counsel for the defend. The prosecutrix, a widow lady, had drawn £3 from the Bank of England on the morning of the 29th of June. Thence she walked to Newgate-market, where she changed one sovereign, and was cautioned by the tradesman to take care of her purse. She then walked to Farringdon-street , and at the bottom of llolborn-hill got into one of the Ge neral Omnibus Company's large omnibuses which run to Paddington. In Holborn the two prisoners got into the same vehicle and they alighted close to Regent's. circus. Almost at the same instant Mrs Bull found her purse had been pulled from underneath her handkerchief, and was r esting at the mouth of her pocket, open and empty. She made known her loss, and a gentleman named Parker followed the prisoners. He lost sight of them for about ten minutes, and they were then taken into custody just as they had en tered another Paddington omnibus on the other side of the crossing at Regent's-circus. A sum of 16s in silver was found on one and £1 14s Bid on the other. The cons did not correspond with those stolen, and the theory of the pro secution was that one sovereign had been chang ed b y the prisoners while they were lost sight of by Mr Parker. The purse was not produced, and the conductors of th e omnibuses were not called to prove the opening statement of counsel— that if th e ir de s tination was, as th e y said, the Edgware road, the prisoners might have gone there in the first Pad dington omnibus without alighting at IL egent-circus. The jury found the prisoners not guilty. Ellen Jones was then charged on a nother indictment with stealing £5 from the person of Martha Thompson. This was also an omnibus robbery, The prosecutor lives at Tulee-hill, and was a passenger in a Brixton omnibus on the 13th June, to the West-end• At Kennington park the prisoner entered, and she left at Stangate, West minster. When the omnibus reached Charing-cross, Mrs Thompson discovered that her pocket had been cut and her purse abstracted. The purse was found on the seat, but her money was gone. The conductor identified the prisoner after she had been taken into custody on the other charge. The jury found her guilty, and sentence was postponed to allow inquiries to be made. The Assistant-Judge, in reference to the first case, said it had not been brought before the Court with the care which should be bestowed when a solicitor was employed. There was no witness to prove the routes of the two Pad dington omnibuses, and the purse was not produced. Mr Kemp said they were under the impression that the policeman could have proved the routes. The Assistant -Judge said that solicitors should not act on impressions. . e ,es m s psa t i h d an tha l t ir no ß o e n ar e d w ho instructed him. Th e expended greater care i n get tinli r Kemp statement made by a witness in a solicitor's office often differed from the statement of the same witness upon oath. If two witnesses were called to prove the same facts, the solicitor was blamed for incurring unnecessary expense; but that was really the only mode of guarding against failure of proof. The Assistant-Judge said the first case was pot brought there in a proper shape, and the interests of public justice might have been prejudiced thereby. Francis Fish, 45, described as a carpenter, was charged with maliciously wounding a cabinetmaker, named James Hills. It appeared that the prisoner had emigrated to Australia kith his first wife, and on his return about 17 years ago she left him to take service with a lady who came home in the same ship, Ho then married a young woman, named Eliza beth Durwood, by whom he had a son, who was now 10 years of age, and ho lived with her up to the beginning of 1862. Previous to that time an intimacy had sprung up be tween the prosecutor and the prisoner, and the former, who is separated from his wife, was a guest at the latter's table. Durwood suddenly left the prisoner, taking the child with her, and he discovered her cohabiting with the prosecutor Hills. The prisoner was prosecuted for bigamy, as he said, at the instigation of Hills, and ho suffered two months' im prisonment for the offence. He subsequently found that Durwood had left Hills, and he then took away his son, but employed the mother to work for him. On the 2d July he went to fetch a pair of the boy's trousers from the mother's residence, in Gloucester-street, Hackney-road, and he there encountered Hills. Words ensued. Hills had a stick and the prisoner had a saw which he had just taken out of pledge. They brandished these weapons, and Hills received a cut in the forehead from the back of the saw, which caused a wound 4i inches in length, and one which pene trated to the bone. The Assistant-Judge left it to the jury to say whether the wound was caused intentionally or accidentally. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. The woman Durwood was examined, and admitted having slept with Hills in the same room in which her son by the prisoner was sleeping, and having written to Hills for money shortly before the 2d of July, when this occurrence took place. A remarkable circumstance connected with the case was that the first wife of the prisoner, who is still in respectable service, was present at the police court when this matter was under investigation, and has visited him since at the House of Detention, in order to provide him with some trifling extras. The prisoner, who seemed elate 1 at his acquittal, thanked the jury, and said to the woman Durwood that she might go with Hills if she liked. The Assistant Judge said his advico to her was to have nothing to do with either of these men. Patrick Roberts, 20, was convicted of stealing a gold watch and chain from the person of Mr James Grant, the editor of the Morning Advertiser. Lockyer, the prison officer, proved numerous convictions of the prisoner from 1856 to the present time in the names of Brien, 0' Brien, Anderson, Williams, and Jones. The Assistant-Judge, after sentencing him to five years' penal servitude, said that the public were much indebted to Mr Grant for the manner in which he had followed up the matter and brought the prisoner to justice, (Before Mr. Payne.) Patrick O'Brien, 21, a shoemaker, was charged with assaulting Thomas Curzons, 318 D, when in the execution of his duty. Mr Cooper prosecuted; Mr Besley defended. The prisoner was drunk and fighting with another man in Barrett's-court. He struck the officer several times in the face, and in the struggle they both fell. The constable was for 16 days unable to perform his duty. The prisoner was convicted, and four previous convictions for assaults having been proved, he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. James Roach was charged with stealing a coat, waistcoat, trousers, and a comb, belonging to Thomas Fitzgerald. Mr Cook prosecuted; Mr Starling defended. The two men lodged in a common lodginghouse, and in the absence of Fitzgerald, Roach broke open his box and stole his clothes, The comb was found upon him. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The hail cases are appointed for Monday next, and, as all the other cases have been tried, the court will not sit again until that day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME CIRCUIT—INTAIDsToNE, July 27. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) HALL V. HOBBS. This was an action to recover damages for an assault. The llon. G. Denman, Q.C., and Mr Willoughby were for the plaintiff; Mr M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr Sergeant Parry, and Mr Philbrick for the defendant. The parties in this action both carry on business as masons and builders at Deptford, and it appeared that some ill-feeling existed between them in reference to trade trans actions, and owing to ono of them having obtained a certain contract with the local board of works for which the ether had sent in a tender. The case, on the part of the plaintiff, was, that on the 28th of May the parties met, and after a few words had passed between them the defendant kicked the plaintiff on a certain part of his person. The defence was that the plaintiff was continually annoying the defen. dant, and that he said something offensive to him on every occasion when he met him, and that before the assault was committed the plaintiff had called the defendant a - sweep, and that, irritated by his conduct, he gave him a kick; but it was said that he only had a slipper on at the time, and, therefore, could not have done much mischief. A good deal of laughter was caused during the trial by the cross-examination of the plaintiff by Mr Chambers, who insisted upon knowing the exact spot where the kick took effect ; and it appeared that, pursuant to an order made by one of the learned ju:ges the plaintiff had undergone an examination by two medical gentlemen with a view to ascertain the actual amount of damage that ho had sus tained, and, according to their evidence, he had not been by any means so seriously injured as he represented ; bat at the same time it should be stated that this examination was not made until several weeks after the occurrence. The jury in the result gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with £35 damages. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES —The jealous watchfulness of the Howe of Commons has undoubtedly discovered a grave fault in the Extradition Treaty between Prussia and this country. The inviolable asyiutu afforded by England to political refugees is a fact of which we are all justly proud. It is extended with impar tiality to absolutist and revolutionary exiles—to fugitives from the terror of Princes and from the terror of mobs. The most popular Minister of his time has been driven from office because he was sus• petted of an intention of tampering with the pro tection which we grant to all political offenders. Prussia cannot expect to receive the concessions which have been denied to France. There is, in deed, a precedent which fully covers the Convention Parliament is now called upon to sanction. The Convention made with Prussia this year is iden tical in terms with a Treaty made with Denmark in 1862, and we may be suspected of mean and un worthy motives in refusing to approve it. If it be necessary, we must submit to such a misconstruc tion. The clauses of the Extradition Treaty with Denmark passed per incurianz, and it would be better that they should be immediately reformed than that the error once made should now be re peated. No one will question the wisdom of an Ex tre dition Treaty when confined in its operation to criminals accounted such by all nations. Least of all would its propriety be doubted at a time when our policemen are speeding across the Atlantic in pursuit of the murderer of Mr. Briggs. The Con vention between England and the United States provides for the surrender of such an offender, and it would be a reproach to the civilisation of both communities were it otherwise. It cannot be of advantage to either nation that men guilty of acts which are accounted crimes by both should, by passage from one to the other, escape punishment. Yet it Muller, instead of flying to America, had betaken himself to his native Cologne, we should have been unable to substantiate any claim for his surrender. No apter instance can be adduced of the desirability of au Extradition Treaty between Prussia and England, provided its operation was properly fenced and guarded. Had the treaty which has been drawn up be©n similar to the conventions between England and France and between England and the United States, it would have been adopted without a question by the House of Commons. Unfortunately there is a material dif ference between it and them. The Prussian Treaty does not sufficiently provide for that which on abstract grounds must appear desirable, and the necessity of .which has been proved by experi ence. The Power called upon to surrender a Criminal should be satisfied of the crimi. nality and substantiality of the offence with which he is charged. It, is not enough that we should demand the surrender of John Smith, who has taken harbour in New York, unless we can show that there is evidence against John Smith sufficient to render him liable to be tried for the same offence in New York if it had been committed there. In the same way, when Anderson, the fugitive slave, was demanded from the Governor of Canada by the President of the United States, the Colonial Judge before whom the case ultimately came rightly re leased the prisoner on the ground that the offence charged against him was not murder according to English law. The Treaties between this country and France and America, and the acts of Parlia. meat giving effect to them, provide that the magis trate who may be called upon to commit a supposed offender shall be satisfied that there is evidence against him which would justify his committal for trial for the crime of which he is accused if the alleged guilty act Lied taken place in England. It is strange that Sir George Grey should have asserted, in answer to the criticism of Mr. Seymour Fitz gerald, that the original Treaty between England and France, which was ratified by an Act of 1843, was no longer in force. The Home Secretary said that a later Treaty, of 1852, to which effect had been given by au Act of 1853, had supplanted the former, and the old safeguards had been abandoned. If the later Treaty has any existence, it seems certain that it hes never been ratified by Parlament. The only modification of the Act of 1843 which has been made is to allow a metropolitan police magistrate to commit an alleged offender; the nature of the evidence justifying the committal has never been in the slightest degree varied. The law remains now as it was 20 years ego, and before the requisi tion of a French Ambassador can be complied with an English magistrate must be satisfied that there is evidence against the accused of having com mitted an offence which is a crime at English law. The Convention with Prussia departs from this sound principle. By it the English Government not only binds itself to give up a person accneed, on having stitisfac,ory ev;Acnco of his ty;;;.ng guilty of crime, but also to give up any one who has been convicted, upon receiving an authenti cated copy of his conviction. This last clause gives no power to us to review the grounds I of the conviction of the accused ; and when we couple this with the mode of legal procedure in Prussia, the serious character of the addition is ap parent. A person accused of crime may be sum moned to take his trial, and upon his non-appear ance proceedings may be taken against him in his absence, and he may be convicted en conturnace. A mere political offender, an inhabitant of Prussian Poland, for instance, engaged in a fatal affray with the police, and escaping, might, in his absence, be convicted of murder, and there would be no answer to a demand for his extradition. The action of the proposed law will be seen if we imagine that such a clause had occurred in the American Convention, and the American Courts permitted proceedings par contumace. It would not have been necessary to submit to the Canadian Court any evidence of the nature of Anderson's offence ; a mere certificate of his conviction, accompanied by proof of his identity, must have secured his surrender. We have said that there is a complete parallel to the Convention be tween Prussia and England, and the advocates of the Extradition Bill now before Parliament are en titled to the benefit of it. The Convention between Denmark and Great Britain, signed in April, and ratified in May, 1862, and confirmed by an Act of Parliament of the same year, is in its terms pre cisely the same as the Convention with Prussia. The objectionable clauses of the latter are copied word for word from the former. But this is an argument for putting an end to the Convention with Denmark rather than for seconding it by adopt ing the Convention with Prussia. Either of the high contracting parties to the Danish Convention is at liberty at any time to give notice to the other of its desire to put an end to the agreement, and in such case the agreement ceases and determines at the expiration of six months after the notice, Now that our eyes are open to the danger of being bound to surrender a convict without inquiry it would be proper to give notice to terminate the 1 Treaty, with a view to obtaining a withdrawal of the objectionable clause. In any case we ought not to repeat our error. The Attorney. General confessed the weakness of our position when tie became eloquent on the love of freedom which characterizes our Judges. No one will dispute the truth of the digression, but it was nail ad rein. The Judges are doubtless jealous of Acts of Parlia ment of this kind, and would take care, if pos. Bible, not to assist in the surrender of persons as criminals who are not criminals, but they would have no choice. The words of the proposed statute are express. An authenticated copy of the con viction and proof of the identity of the person convicted being produced, a magistrate is bound to commit the fugitive as a step to his extradition. There is no room for inquiring whether the acts perpetrated make up the crime of which the accuse d has been found guilty. Such a state of the law is one which can be tolerated with difficulty, and which certainly should not be extended. We have made a mistake in entering into such a compact with Denmark; let us not wittingly confirm another such mistake in a compact with Prussia. DAILY NEWS.—Austrian politicians are com plaining loudly of the arrogance and rapacity of M. de Bismark, who displays in his dealing with Ger many the same qualities which they applauded in his treatment of the Danes. No power in Europe has done so much as Austria to aid M. de Bismarck to attain a bad eminence. Its Govern ment has abetted all his plans, and lent him mate rial help to carry into execution designs as inimical to the liberty of Germany as to the independence of Denmark. He is now sorely trying the temper of the people and governments of Germany, and having once proved how far unscrupulousness and audacity will carry a statesman in these days, he is not likely to desist until he encounters German statesmen wide perceptions as clear and a will as ,resolute as his own. The complaints of the Austrians relate to the political and military attitude of Prussia on the eve of the negotiations for peace, and are shared by the smaller German States. The pretensions of Pruss i a as to the Duchies wrested from Denmark are not as yet fully and definitely avowed. But \I. de Bismark is clearly seeking to give his King the exclusive control over the destinies of their inhabitants. He endeavours, in the first place, to diminish as much as possible, with the ultimate intention of excluding altogether, the authority of the Germanic Diet to deal with the question. Already the Diet is shut oat from the negociations for peace. There is no chair at the green table at Vienna for Baron Beust, who so ably represented the German Bund at the London Conference. Peace, it is pretended, concerns only the bellige rents, and the cession of territory will probably be made to Austria and Prussia. The National Verein and the Frankfort Diet, the democracy and the States of Germany, have now to learn that this Schieswig-Holstein business is no concern of theirs. In the next peace Prussia proposes a form and mode of administration in the Duchies which would necessarily throw the government into her hands for a long time, and enable her to exercise a decisive influence over their for- tunes, and perhaps to appropriate them to herself. Instead of either inviting the Diet to pronounce on the succession to the vacant throne, or referring the choice of a Prince to the States or people of Schleswig and Holstein, M. de Bismark proposes the institution of a provisional government, to be exercised by Austria and Prussia. The competence of the Diet in this matter again is denied. M. de Bismark knows that in the uncer tainty which would be the result of this arrange ment the real power would belong to that govern ment which should bold firm military possession of the territory, and that, firmly established in the Duchies, Prussia would have nothing to fear from the Emperor of Austria, who has too much on his hands elsewhere to permit him to embark in a seri ous quarrel with Prussia about a duchy or two, which in no case could become his. Accordingly he is taking measures to obtain for Prussia complete and exclusive military power over Schleswig and Hol stein. It is in view of this intention that the recent arbitrary and high-handed proceedings of Prince FrederiekCaarles of Prussia at Rendsburg must be regerded if their full significance is to be understood. So brutal treatment of a Confederate has never been heard of since the institution of the German Bund. The iortress, on the possession of which the King of Prussia has set his heart, has been held by a Fe deral garrison, composed of Saxon and Hanoverian troops, under the command of Gen. Hake, from a date earlier than the commencement of hostilities between Germany and Denmark. Since the outbreak of the war the Allies have had their magazine and hospitals there. It is not surprising that a bad state of feeling has for some time existed between the Prussian and non-Prussian troops at Rendsburg. Prussian valour is not fitted to bear more than a very moderato degree of success, and the Saxon and Hanoverian soldiery were not disposed to bear with the airs of the conquerors who had returned from Dybbol intoxicated with glory. From these dispositions arose offence given and taken, and frequent collisions, such as any barrack.master of tolerable capacity would have soon put an end to. This, however, was not the policy of the Prussian Government, and accordingly, on the 20th instant, General Hake received from Prince Fredk. Charles a note of a most extraordinary character, announc ing that " the King, his master, had ordered him to take possession of Rendsburg, and make himself master of the place," and that on the following morning General Graeben would, present himself with 6,000 men and two batteries for that purpose; It was nearly in these words, and entirely in this style and tone, that the Danish General Mers, was summoned to evacuate Sleswig. But Prussian pride scarcely distinguishes friends from enemies. General Hake appears to have taken a somewhat mean and timid view of his duties, for, instead of pointing out to Prince Frederick the serious character of the step proposed, remaining firm in a defensive position, and referring the matter to his political superiors, he took the easier course of throwing the responsi bility upon Prince Frederick, and while declaring that he could not consent to give up Rendsburg he announced that he should withdraw. The Prussian corps arrived punctually on the following morning, and the Federal troops marched out, dispirited and humiliated, to bivouac outside the town, as no quar ters had been provided for them. This transaction has caused a most painful feeling throughout the Fatherland, fcr it is felt that all Germany has been insulted and injured. But what can ardent patriots expect when they take for their champion, and offer to Europe as their representative a man who con ducts the affairs of a first-rate European State upon the principles of the burglar and the brigand ? Our German friends may rely on it that they will h ave much to do, and a great deal to suffer, before they hear the last of AI. de Bismark's arrogance. HERALD.—There were at all times amongst the Irish judges queer characters, who occasionally did very queer things. Up to the commencement of the present century they were mettlesome, high-bred fellows, kalowing, perhaps, not much a b ou t l aw ,b u t exc eedingLy punctilious as regarded honour. They were then almost invariably men of good family, for at that period it was considered indispensable that a judge of the land should possess social posi tiou as well as lerael knowledge. They were belli cose—when the Lord Chancellor exchanged shots with the roaeter of the Rolls, and when old Norbury, after having literally fought his way to the judicial sc a t, was a l ways pre pared, when on it, to afford p ersona l sa ti s faction for his judicial sets. " Off the bench, my lord," cried Colonel Smyth, "you dare not use such language towards me." " Crier," exclaimed Nor bury, "adjourn the court for an hour." Looking at his watch, ned addressing the complainant, " Sir, I shall be on the Fifteen Acres' in fifteen minutes, and most happy to have the pleasure of meeting you there ;" and he did go to the trysting place where affairs of honour usually came off, and after waiting there A sufficiently long time for his adversary, who declined to follow, ho returned to business at the appointed time, and concluded the charge he had been delivering to the jury when interrupted. There were witty and hard-living dogs amongst them, who drank COP ously during the night and appeared very shaky in the morning, while there was one in the daily habit of eating himself into intoxication. Judge K—, having sworn against drink at the earnest entreaties of his friends, had a newly-baked loaf steeped in a bottle of port every morning until all the wine was completely absorbed, and eat it on the bench while discharging his functions. Others there were who came into court late in the eveni n g and administered justice until midnight, after which they enjoyed the " flow of wit" and claret until " daylight in the morning." But with all their peculiarities, whether of fighting, drinking, eating port wine, or carrying on the legal business of the country by night instead of by day, all these men were courteous in their manners ; and although their hot blood manifested its existence after a fashion quite inconsistent with oar present ideas of judicial propriety, still, when clad in ermine, they almost invariably conducted them' selves with a dignity of demeanour which commanded respect and with a politeness which disarmed hosti le criticism on their private habits. That race of fun? tionaries has passed away, and the Irish bench is now occupied, happily, by a different class of men , some of whom have raised themselves by their a 0" knowledged talents, while others owe their elevation more to political services than to professional distinc tion. They may know more of law, but it is certa in that their overbearing arrogance when discharging their duties is often in strange contrast with the patience and good temper of their predecessor s- And, if what is stated.of one of them by the Traes Chronicle, in reference to his conduct at the last Kerry Assizes, be true, it must be admitted that the judge seems to have entirely forgotten not mill the limited extent of his power, but the dutl entailed upon him by his position. Justice Ball is a very old gentleman, who was never at all time remarkable for amenity of disposition, but whose nerves seem to be from some cause or other, now so completely unstrung as to render him unconscious of the effect of his acts. Th.e police seem to be the objects of Justice Ball's part'. cular aversion, hatred of the preservers of the peace appears to be with him a sort of monomania, which he indulges, forgetting that a judge should be the last person to derogate from the character or to diminish the respect due to the men who most efficiently secure the peace of the country and the execution of the laws which he is aP" pointed to administer. " About this time," says the Tralee Chronicle, when giving the account of the proceedings in court, " the crier's wand' which had been lying up against the jury-bat fell down. His Lordship—' Have that policeman and his truncheon removed at once.' Mr Mason--: ' My lord, it was the wand that fell.' His LordshiP Whoever threw that down I order him out of court; all through the circuit we are annoyed bY policemen throwing their truncheons about ! tell that man to go out immediately.' A door was opened, some person walked out and the business was proceeded with." Now what, we may ask, would be thought of an English judge who ordered a person to be ignominiously expelled from 6 public court merely because he happened to stand near a sheriff's wand which accidentally fell to the ground ? No man upon our bench would dare to do so arbitrary and illegal an act, which was all the more improper in a country such as Ireland, wher e respect for the law and for its agents should be lously inculcated by the superior authorities. Th e absence of the Irish aristocracy, and the tradition of the bench when those who sat upon it gen e ' rally belonged to that class, have permitted the Irish judges to assume a social position qui ° beyond that which is accorded to their brethren in this country. This unexpected and s udcleo elevation seems to have turned the heads of s ome amongst them, who, dazzled by the respect paid In their office, sometimes conduct themselves in a man ° ner more becoming a three-tailed pacha of past das s than a wigged and constitutional magistrate of pre . ; sent times. Attention to their eccentricities a nd exposure of their illegal acts of tyranny, bY lico Irish press, are duties which it owes the Pu The ridicule which such proceedings are sure, W . 11° , 11 . known, to provoke, will be the moat suitable punlsu, ment that can be inflicted on men of little minu s and unbounded vanity. COUNTRY MARKETS. _----.1 , ------ - -- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE — TUESDA Y . The weather keeps remarkably fine in the north. The hay harvest is rapidly finishing. Trade has been very quiet, but grain only in moderate supply this morning, and prices ruled at about the same as on Saturday, sellers declining to take less. Averages—l V-heat, 44s Id—barley, 25s sd.—oats, 11, 1 3 Od—beans, 35s 6d. LYNN-TUESDAY. At to •day's market the supply of wheat was moderate , and trade firm at last week's currency. Beans end peas realised higher prices. White wheat 46s to 48s i Barley 36s to 370 Itc4d.. Beans .37s to 38s I Oats.. Small ..34s to 36s I Peas --s to — 4 Averages Wheats, 44s ld—barley, 25s 7d—beans' 369 3d. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. Not much wheat at market to-day, and prices 2s higher' —White wheat, 44s to 49s ; red, 40s to 45s per 36 stone' Malting barley at 26s to 32s per qr.; grinding, 26s to 2,9,1 per 30 st. Oats, old, 25s to 28s; new, 18s to 23s per Jtf st. ; beans, 34s to 43s per qr. HULL—TUESDAY. 1 f At our market to-day there was a very liberal supp.9,_, o 0 English wheat, which met a fair sale at fully last w oes prices. In foreign there was nothing doing. Gain.dill. barley a free sale at is per qr advance. Beans also 15 Pc qr dearer. Peas and oats met a retail sale. Wheat.... Old white per qr. Old red lf New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting Grinding 4 4442 0 3 4 71 s s sas 0 00 ° 0 4 : I dd l d t i t t 0 0 0 00 4 4 4 4: 8 4 43 s s sss , ,0 0 ° 00 1 6A . 25s Od to '27 5 ',, i Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31 5 ~L ' A Grindinn- 28s Ocl to 0. na Oats English old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 13 1 Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0613 A , Swedish and Danish 023121d to Osl'oscli, Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 435 ti; New pigeon New tick Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers ... Grinding 0023 2 ssss s 0060 0 dddd d tttt t cooi o s 4333 4 432 : 55 5 36 :0, , 66 ( 1, , Tares ....Sp l ing —s Oil to '-.-5 Od Indian Corn , Linseed, feeding crushing . 4os Od to 52s Oc t ' ) Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 oto £ll 0 Foreign! 8 0 o to 9 0 ut, Rape cakes 5 0 o to 0 0 0" Bones 5 5 o to 5 10 COAL MARKET. Prima of Coal per Ton at the close of tho market. s. d. Lambert's West Hart ley 17 6 North Pelton Gas .14 0 Tanfield Moor Butes .. 13 6 Walker Primrose 13 6 Eden Main l7 6 Walls End. T - taswell ....•••.19 0 Hartlepool ........(, East Hartlepool ...... 18 South Hartlepool... • • • l' Kenos.. ......... 18 •• .. , 0 0 South Kelloe ......... 0 Hough .......... 1 0 0 South Hetton ......... 19 Belmont .. . " Byron ll ! 3 ' Framwellgate l7 t, 81; sold, 49. Walls End. Harton 17 0 Braddyll' aHe tton 18 0 Caradoc lB 6 Wharncliffe l7 3 Tunstall Ships at marks' Births, Essri.—On the 25th inst., at Cassiobury-park, the Colin` tess of Essex, of a son. HERBERT.—On the 26th inst., at 22, Upper GrosveD street, the Lady Mary Herbert, of a daughter. „ 0 1 HAGGARD, - On the 25th inst., at Sydenham, the sin ° Major Haggard, H,A., of a son. Leal WALKER.—On the 25th inst., at Castleton, the 'Dn. - - Walker, of a son. Marriages. v. DUNCOMBE— Tfinos WYATT.—On the IGth inst , at St. Paddington, Thomas H. Duncombe, onlY 6°— tO e the late Thomas S. Duncombe, M.P. for FinsbUrY, _ _ Mary, only daughter of Sir M'atthew Wyatt. _ coo . PELLY—IIA3uvroN.—On the 26th inst., a t Alveston , ." C. wickshire, Charles Raymond.Pelly, Esq., to LO l .l OO , Emma, youngest daughter of Sir Robert N. C. Tia ra ' Bart., K.C.B. Deaths. Jame s ATRINS.—On the 25th inst., at Brown, Candover, Atkins, Esq., aged SI f Di ° ASKEW On the 25th inst., Mr. Joseph Askew , °- Hanley Arms, Hornsey-rad. , 1 , 0 9 BELT —On the 25th inst,, at Hammersmith, John N' ° ' -13 Beit, Esq, aged 74. i3aret BARE.—On the 23d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, John Esq„ agad 5.5. hot ting-hill, I'An'AtINTER.— On the 26th i ns t., a t L an sdowne-roa d, wig-hill, John Parminter, Esq TRUMP A ER.—On the 26th i ns t., t a t Isleworth, -liddie Robert Trump er , E sq., age d 65 . ell WOOD.—On the 26th inst., at his residence, 17 9, Fulbal w road, John Wood, Esq., aged 61. __........! S. 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